POLICE BELIEVE QUICK- THINKING MAY HAVE SAVED HER-- A WOMAN SAVVY ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE SOMEONE-- ANYONE-- WOULD HEAR HER ORDEAL. SHE IS A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. ...AND INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE MADE THE CASE AGAINST THIS MAN-- BY RECORDING 25-MINUTES OF TERROR. ONLY ON SEVEN TONIGHT-- K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S CHINH DOAN WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT STOPPED THE VIOLENCE. WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR IS A DOMESTIC ASSAULT-- ATTACK .( ahh ahhh crying sobbing you arent getting out alive)(legrow: "struggling for the phone") OMAHA POLICE DETECTIVE CHRIS LEGROW SHARES WITH US THE CRITICAL EVIDENCE...IN CONVICTING PATRICK ROGERS. ...A 25 MINUTE RECORDING OF THREATS-- shut up im tired of hearing you) ARMED WITH A KNIFE INSIDE A NORTHWEST OMAHA APARTMENT ..ROGERS TARGETS HIS THEN-GIRLFRIEND. A 26-YEAR OLD WE'LL CALL JANE.(crying hysterically) WHILE ROGERS WAS QUICK TO GO AFTER JANE'S HAD STARTED RECORDING ON HER M-P-3 PLAYER..(JANE: i just want you to leave crying i don't want you to hit me TO CALL 9-1-1 ON A LAND LINE-- TO LET DISPATCHERS LISTEN TO THE ASSAULT. POLICE SAY HER LOGIC AND BRAVE ACTIONS WERE KEY TO HELPING THEM MAKE THE CASE.(DETECTIVE CHRIS LEGROW: obviously she was probably going over in her head from quite a history of these kinds of instances happening with this individual) WHILE FAMLIAR WITH THE ABUSE-- THOSE IT. SHE DIDN'T SPEAK ABOUT IT TO FAMILY MEMBERS. SHE NEVER TALKED ABOUT PATRICK ROGERS-- NOR INTRODUCED HIM TO HER FAMILY.(STAN BUCHANAN: it makes me very angry pause had have gone ahead and called the police to make them aware) RECORDING, UNTIL WE SHARED IT WITH HIM.(STAN BUCHANAN: no matter how old they get thats my little girl and to hear something like that is very disturbing) ADVOCATES AND PROSECUTORS SAY JANE'S ACTIONS ON THE NIGHT OF THE ATTACK CAN BE A LESSON TO ANYONE TRAPPED IN A PATTERN OF ABUSE.(AMY RICHARDSON: you have to plan ahead you have to think how can i be prepared for this if this would happen) AMY RICHARDSON WITH THE SAYS IT'S COMMON FOR MANY, LIKE JANE, TO NOT LET LOVED ONES KNOW ABOUT ABUSE(AMY RICHARDSON: we know one of the major obstacles for women reporting domestic violence is that people will not believe them and so this way she has evidence she has documentation she has more than bruises ) THAT'S WHY RICHARDSON URGES FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO STEP-IN-- OR AT LEAST ALERT AUTHORITIES. PROSECUTORS KNOW HOW VERBAL ABUSE CAN QUICKLY ESCALATE.(DON KLEINE: maybe just a threat maybe a verbal assault in effect and progresses and leads until it unfortunately someone's life is taken) FOR STAN BUCHANAN, HE'S MAKING SURE THE NEXT TIME HE HEARS HIS DAUGHER ON THE PHONE....(NATS - STAN DIALING JANE) IT'S NOT A CRY FOR HELP(STAN BUCHANAN: i look forward to hearing from you honey and i hope to talk to you soon i love you bye bye) CHINH DOAN, K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH 7 STAN BUCHANAN TELLS US HIS DAUGHTER IS DOING WELL AFTER MOVING OUT OF STATE FOLLOWING THE ATTACK. AS CONVICTED OF FELONY TERRORISTIC THREATS...AND SENTENCED TO A YEAR BEHIND